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1. Sir Arthur Ignatius
Conan Doyle

2. Biography…
• Conan Doyle was a
Scottish doctor and
writer.
• He was famous because
the stories of Sherlock
Holmes.
• Signature ….

3. Biography...
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
was born in
Edinburgh,Scotland.
• He studied medicine and
worked as a doctor for
eight years.
• Then he began writing
short stories for weekly
magazines.

4. What Was His Childhood Like???
• Was born on May 22
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• He was fond of his mother
• Went to Jesuit boarding school in England for 7
years
• He studied medicine at Edinburgh University.
• While studying, Conan Doyle began writing short
stories.

5. Life As A Young Man…
• Sought out life as a doctor at Edinburgh
• Met James Barrie and Robert Louis
Stevenson
• Wrote short stories, Sasassa Valley,
chamber’s journal, American Tale, London
Society

6. Life As A Young Man…
• Offered job as surgeon on ship
• Arctic Circle
• Book Captain of the Pole Star
• Returned to studies in 1880, received
diploma year later

7. Life As An Author….
• Started practice in Portsmouth
• 1886 started novel titled Tangled Skein
• 2 years later Beeton’s Christmas
Annual under A Study in Scarlet
• Created a dichotomy in his life

8. Family.....
• He grew up with only his father (an alcoholic) for
support
• His mother died when Arthur was only two
• He had no siblings to grow up with
• In 1885 Doyle married Mary Louise Hawkins.She
suffered from tuberculosis and died on 4 July
1906.
• The following year he married Jean Elizabeth
Leckie, whom he had first met and fallen in love
with in 1897. Jean died in London on 27 June 1940.

9. Family........

10. Sherlock Holmes....
• Sherlock Holmes
is a
famous detective
created by Doyle in
1887.
• His popularity was
astonding.

11. In order to dedicate more time to his
more “important’ work…
historical novels…
• Dyole tried to
kill off the
character in
1893, but in
1901 had to
bring him back
due to public
outcry.
• He was featured in
56 short stories and
is now an icon of
literature.
• He is the archetype
of today’s modern
detective television
shows.

12. Literary…..
Stories of Sherlock Holmes
– The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
– The Hound of the Baskervilles
– The Valley of Fear
Professor Challenger novels
– The Lost World
– The Poison Belt
Historical novels
– Sir Nigel
Other works
– The Parasite

13. List of His Novels….
• Beyond the City
• Desert Drama: Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko", A
• Doings Of Raffles Haw, The
• Duet, A
• Firm of Girdlestone, The
• Great Shadow, The
• Hound of the Baskervilles, The
• Lost World, The
• Micah Clarke
• Mystery of Cloomber, The
• Poison Belt, The
• Refugees: A Tale Of Two Continents, The
Sign of the Four,The
Sir Nigel
Study In Scarlet,A
Uncle Bernac:A Memory of
the Empire
Valley of Fear,The
White Company,The

14. Sherlock Holmes
Statue, Edinburgh,
Scotland
• Arthur Conan Doyle
was born in Picardy
Place although his
birthplace no longer
stands.
• This statue of his most
famous creation was
created by Gerald
Ogilvie Laing in 1989
and placed close to
where his birthplace
stood.

15. Death    ....
• Doyle was found clutching his chest in the
hall of Windlesham Manor, his house
in Crowborough, East Sussex, on 7 July
1930.
• He died of a heart attack at the age of 71.
• His last words were directed toward his
wife: "You are wonderful."

16. Death    ....

17. Bibliography….. 
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle Home Page. Web. 14 Dec. 2011.
<http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/>.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_
Doyle.
• sirconandoyle.com/

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